2022 Singapore GP Race Review | WTF1 Podcast

Singapore provided a mixed race in terms of entertainment and weather as Sergio Perez took a brilliant victory but not without some controversy.
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Timestamps: 00:00 - Greetings 03:01 - Three Word Race Reviews 05:15 - Katy: "Checo answers critics" 10:08 - Would Leclerc have stopped Checo if he had had a better start? 11:52 - Commercial 13:13 - Matt: "Decide penalties quicker!" (Rant time!) 22:27 - What happened to the VAR the FIA promised earlier this year? (+ Rant many many decisions the FIA made in the past) 27:26 - Tommy: "Race's better dry" 34:24 - Should DRS have been allowed sooner? 35:50 - Why does F1 still have Wet Tires when they were not used in this kind of setting? 40:49 - Why does the polesitter not start on the inside line? 43:27 - Where could Max have finished if he had not gone off? 46:01 - Conspiracy theories against Alpha Tauri as they helped out McLaren. 48:48 - ABCDEF1 1:11:29 - Predictions 1:16:32 - Final Thoughts

[@WezMan444]

You sir are a legend!

[@rossevers]

Thank you 😊

[@Archis_Anupam]

🔥

[@KayJaybeeee]

That’s you ->🐐

[@SkiRacingOz]

Thankyou!

[@thevoiceofcake]

I think anyone who is dissatisfied with Checos performance this year just underestimates how talented Max is.

[@Reaz399]

So you’re saying that Checo only having 3 podiums since Canada in this RB is good? Besides Latifi/Ricciardo no driver is as far off in terms of pace as Checo is to Max. Nobody will beat Max in the same car over a season but Checo has been abysmal in so many races. He produces a really good race once in a while and goes missing the next 5-6. Let‘s be real the RB was much faster than the Ferrari if even Checo can beat Leclerc by that much in Singapore. Without the quali fuckup Max would‘ve probably won by like 20 secs+. So all things considered Perez certainly is the worst out of the 6drivers in the top 3 teams and there‘s a couple of better drivers in the other teams aswell.

[@edlib1651]

​@@Reaz399 Checo is P3 (almost P2) in the championship. That is extremely good when you consider that he has more points out of #2 drivers of the top 2 teams (ahead of Sainz). He is competing with Sainz, not Verstappen, and that is how you measure him in this specific situation. You don't measure him to his teammate as you do with other drivers because his teammate is freaking Max Verstappen.

[@eddieyakin5528]

@@Reaz399 Relax dude. You’re acting like he’s finishing out of the points every time. He’s finished P4 or P5 basically every race since then aside from Canada and Austria which were DNF’s. He didn’t have bad performances just very average ones. A bad performance is Russell this week at singapore.

[@Reaz399]

@@eddieyakin5528 Do you even realize what that means finishing P5-6 in that Red Bull? It means that he‘s getting beaten by better drivers in worse cars.. He was slower than all of the other top 3 team drivers in France, Hungary, Zandvoort and Monza. That‘s extremely bad. Stop with the excuses.

[@juniorjr9011]

@@Reaz399 say checo is running p2 and max p1 why does he need to hunt down max and catch up if they’re not going to let checo race max? May as well save the engine from unnecessary wear and tear. Hell who’s ever p3 ain’t getting past checo so it’s not that big of deal honestly as you’re trying to make it be

[@bppbssr1229]

Max Verstappen has performed a total of 10 overtakes in the 2022 Singapore Grand Prix. Total overtakes were 16!

[@himeshmothi1605]

N only moved one place?

[@Sem5626]

@@himeshmothi1605 i would say that's because he lost places as well i think

[@malnfc8565]

@@himeshmothi1605 yeah he made a couple mistakes and lost places and he was also out of place at the start due to a qualifying screw up from redbull

[@TheCrumb74]

Why did Russell get away with wrecking Mick’s race? He crashed into him, then blamed Mick in typical Merc driver fashion when the replay shows clear as day that Mick didn’t move from his line.

[@swordsman1137]

Because he got puncture? Idk, he still should have additional punishment tho

[@TheCrumb74]

@@swordsman1137 They both got punctures, had it been just George I’d agree with you.

[@stinkosm]

Cuz of his flag.

[@hypero123]

because he is british and a merc driver

[@bm8725]

In typical any driver fashion. All of them always blame the other guy.

[@eliasbeaini5550]

as an american fan, i’m used to waking up at the crack of dawn on sunday for races. i must say that it’s actually kinda great i rly hope you guys at WTF1 enjoy what our routine feels like w Suzuka being at 6am for y’all

[@slaphands7703]

Neighbor to the north here. I agree. Breakfast and coffee with a race is the best Sunday morning routine. I hate races in the americas. Too late. Eats up the day.

[@MissMarquise]

Try starting most races at midnight... spare a thought for Australians

[@slaphands7703]

@@MissMarquise ouch. Next time I’ll have some vegemite on toast thinking of our brothers and sisters from down under.

[@koachk5360]

@@slaphands7703 Love watching the morning races from Ontario, Canada. 1am race this weekend. I agree, don’t like the afternoon races from the Americas. Messes up the entire day.

[@Gnrnrvids]

@@MissMarquise yep. I stay up to watch most races live. Sucks when they delay the start by an hour....

[@humphreyterveer1338]

There were 16 overtaking actions and Max did 10 of them.

[@LunardH]

Tbf tho, he was the one misplaced already from qualifying and then at the start idk what happened to Russell this weekend too to finish last with 6 dnfs it's crazy

[@malnfc8565]

@@LunardH yeah was pretty rough from Russell

[@BeastlyGamerr]

I hope redbull bring a new livery for Suzuka

[@diegom2188]

Or the white one from last year

[@niravparekh8337]

@@diegom2188 ya that one was cool

[@Ins0mnia365]

@@diegom2188 hope so!

[@suxix7312]

Yes the white livery. The white one just looks sharp!

[@Sheamu5]

Give it to alpha tauri so Tsunoda can rep his country

[@AyluRao]

The race was odd.. it was fun and boring at the same time.. every time the commentators said it’s only 15 laps .. I felt like I had watched a whole race …

[@zanmiklosic3138]

I don't know which race you and all the others saying that watched.

[@enexius67]

I felt the same. But, having to wake up at 7am to watch this race didn’t help, I was constantly trying not to fall asleep. Probably one of the most boring races of this season imo

[@f.stopperrmedia1606]

@@zanmiklosic3138 was bored most of the time

[@Gnrnrvids]

@@enexius67 Poor you. It started at midnight here. Many of the races start at 1:00am for me.

[@mrrodman2k]

@@Gnrnrvids night races definitely better than morning

[@Gerard1971]

Giving Max a D, same as Hamilton, is utterly ridiculous. Lewis made big mistakes that cost him 6 places from his starting position, while Max gained 1. LeClerc also lost a position and then did absolutely nothing but follow Perez, and you give him an A. Max was by far the fastest in qualifying, but qualified P8 rather than P1 through no fault of his own. Yes, he had a bad start (anti-stall, not necessarily Max' fault), and was too anxious to overtake Norris after the safety car, but after that he was on fire on the red tire, his comeback from the back was so strong, it was amazing, he did 10 of the 16 overtakes in the race, and many fastest laps, giving us more entertainment than any other driver. Also, by finishing P7, he ensured he only needs 8 more points than Leclerc and 6 more points than Perez on the next race, so if he finishes P1 + fastest lap he will be World Chamption, regardless of what LeClerc and Perez do, so Verstappen completely has it in his own hands next weekend in Honda's home country, couldn't be better.

[@kpbrl]

Wait. Danny at B and Lando at A (Matt didn't get convinced from Katy's point :( )? Danny didn't get any upgrades when Lando got one and still at P5 was a good finish!

[@ayanchoudhury6697]

Yeah, Matty saw Lando's jibe but ignored Danny's remark on Lando having the upgrades for this weekend.

[@rosek7114]

I think the reason some people rated Max higher is because he had both bad and very good moments. Yeah he made mistakes, but he was also the one taking the most risks. 10 out of 16 overtakes were from Max. And the last 30 minutes or so after his last pitstop were brilliant. Plus he gets some sympathy points for the fact that his B-day weekend was so crap😉

[@ahmadhisham54]

Max always take risks for overtake....now he car good top speed....

[@caro2501]

and his race was already ruined on Saturday with the team messing up his qualy

[@3namesjames]

I love George but if that wasn't an F then what is? Horrible quali, incident with Mick, and gave up midrace rather than putting inters back on and hoping for good lock

[@SecondSince]

It's called British bias and it will be the death of F1 before anything else will.

[@vijayshelke6565]

Checo bounced back beautifully after his rough patch

[@RobertLewis85]

Red Bull only wanted a second driver to support Max and score the odd win here and there. Checo is doing exactly that and Red Bull will easily win both championships. Not sure why he was getting so much criticism throughout the season, nobody can compare to Max and that's especially true when the team build the car around Max. Perez is consistently doing what Albon and Kvyat couldn't do--being a great #2 driver who can win races.

[@TeamSukiyo]

If you give Lance an A* you can’t give Daniel a B

[@09csr]

Agreed, Ric had a good weekend.

[@20DYNAMITE06]

Danny Ric deserved an A... He gained 11 places for god sakes

[@SkiRacingOz]

And Lando had the upgrades too

[@ronintje7647]

2nd wet race where Yuki drives into a wall immediatly after his pit stop.

[@TheCrumb74]

Fans: there’s no consistency with decisions. FIA: ok, we’ll use two directors then and allow them to interpret the rules differently race by race. 👌🏻

[@Airwolf-lm9cm]

Imo this Race was his best. Yes Sakhir was more spectacular but it needed Merc to fumble very hard. Twice. This was his race. He controlled it from the beginning and made no mistakes while under extreme pressure. In conditions that forced Lewis and Max into big mistakes

[@Sheamu5]

This was a commanding victory, that was a miraculous victory.

[@skilllondon6716]

well you could argue leclerc only won in bahrain and australia coz max DNF'ed but we don't mention fumbling. The reason checo won was coz he crossed the line first. simple.

[@TheCrumb74]

@@skilllondon6716 Bahrain? Possibly, maybe if he’d saved his overtake until the second DRS zone he may of stayed ahead. But Australia was Leclerc’s win all day long. Max was locked in for P2 until his car failed.

[@chipgardiner]

Yeah Sakhir was his best win, but Singapore was his best drive

[@dohtje5029]

Max and Lewis same score? Max at least was entertaining with his overtakes and finished higher than he started. Lewis started 3th finished 9th... And crashed into the wall.. Eighter Lewis an E and Max a D or a D and a C couse his race was terrible but wasn't as bad what Lewis did...

[@TheCrumb74]

Haha, very true. Though Sir Lewis did very graciously accept responsibility for crashing into a wall all by himself. 🐐

[@rosek7114]

True

[@skilllondon6716]

@@TheCrumb74 and of course that makes the crash way more justified.....

[@Hani_Santa]

@@skilllondon6716 lol this new apologetic culture ;p.......it's something else.

[@rplxx]

its about expectations... They expect max to win everything. He didn´t, so it is bad.

[@cambyses1529]

That Vettel drive through penalty was different circumstances though, really. Perez was just going a bit more slowly at some points to help with keeping tyre and break temps in the right zone - and always closed right back up again. Vettel was intentionally backing the whole pack up prematurely. The two incidents shouldnt have the same penalty IMO.

[@cattywampuswiddershins]

I've said this before and I'll say this again: we have this perception that Lewis Hamilton in known for not making mistakes, but how many times in the last two years alone have we heard the commentators say "an unusual/uncharacteristic mistake from Hamilton."

[@gauthamvadlamudi3500]

The fact that it's difficult to overtake in Singapore, but Max made so many overtakes.. both times after his mistakes n after dropping to double digits.... n he made them look so easy!! Edit: I'm not a max fan boy... Even though I support Max, if it's Max vs Alonso, I'll always support Alonso, cuz Alonso's style, aggression , passion is on next level... I personally want Checo to surpass Max and I'm rooting for him, but i know it's very very difficult. That doesn't mean I should hate Max. And Max's lockup and bad start were one of the very few mistakes he has done this entire season. Credit has to be given where it is due. This Max haters countering every small positive thing about him... And similarly the fans of every other top drivers like Lewis, Leclerc, etc so much toxicity. Just watch n enjoy the sport, spectacle n drama. Alonso vs Checo for minister of defence is what I'm curious n excited to watch....

[@billdexhart5179]

Nobody fights him. Accept Alonso. Praise Alonso.

[@illbeV]

Yeah, so easy that he locked his tyres so bad that he had to change them

[@gazwalsh7466]

@@billdexhart5179 lewis did, and gifted him a place in the process

[@soundscape26]

Gasly and a couple others were quite nice to him... but once he got behind Alonso and Norris he got stuck. And even Vettel was right on the last lap.

[@trevinodude]

@@illbeV What the original poster was pointing out that even after the lockup happened and Max fell into 12th, it is pretty insane that he was still able to overtake his way back into the points, let alone into 7th place. The huge mistake happened and shouldn’t be ignored but you also got to admire the risk Max took in continuing to try to overtake in a circuit that is NOT overtake friendly and managing to still finish in the points.

[@nihongo_jouzu]

While the investigation that loomed over the race was definitely really annoying, I still prefer the thorough and long investigation vs. making wrong snap decisions. How many times have you watched a game in a sport where they don't take as much time to make sure the calls are right, and it undermined the legitimacy of the entire game? That said, the FIA def should get faster / better, but basically it's always going to be a difficult balance between having better calls, vs having timely calls IMO

[@gmarz9611]

Can't give Max and Lewis a D. One was screwed over by his team in quali, so started down the grid, and was the only one doing overtakes. Yes Max made one mistake. Lewis started 3rd, and just kept going down the order did no real overtakes, and screwed up twice. Lewis D Max C/ B- Also, what the heck A for Daniel, who basically did nothing all race, and was gifted like 10 places due to crashes, and lucking out with SC timing.

[@TheUSDebt]

Two mistakes. Max’s start was the worst on the grid

[@gmarz9611]

@@TheUSDebt but generally anti-stall on the start is not down to the driver.

[@TheCrumb74]

Indeed, the so-called 🐐 was hopeless. Though he did provide lots of lols.

[@TheUSDebt]

@@gmarz9611 I guess only the team can know for sure but my understanding was Max had the wrong setting selected kind of like when Ham bumped the magic button last year

[@caro2501]

@ G Marsh couldn’t agree more 👍

[@sofienummers]

I really like this podcast!! I always listen to it while walking around my neighborhood, thank you 😊

[@Phantom096]

Happy for Katy her boy Checo won! Seriously Matt needs more time on his Sim this track is hard to drive dry in the wet a nightmare. I love this track because of how challenging it is.

[@aishwarygaonkar4937]

Matt needs to tone down his dual nature of wanting to see racing in wet as well as not seeing races under Safety Cars like Spa 2021. These British hypocrits.

[@phoenix2225]

@@aishwarygaonkar4937 how is it dual.... Aren't the two points u said consistent

[@aishwarygaonkar4937]

Its dual coz he also wants racing in the wet tire conditions and no laps behind the SC which isn't possible with the current attitude of the FIA and race control. Usually he has dual and biased opinions

[@phoenix2225]

@@aishwarygaonkar4937 biased yes... But u need to look up definition of dual nature. His point that racing under rain and no safety car are literally consistent, you are not racing behind safety car ryt

[@aishwarygaonkar4937]

@@phoenix2225 he wishes that. But according to current FIA and race control standards, it isn't possible. Anyways fair point he isn't dual. But he is bloody British biased

[@mikemelina7395]

To the 20% who rated Lewis' performance a "B", WTF-1 are you thinking? He spent half the race complaining to his engineer about how bad the team messed him up and the other half complaining about other drivers not letting him past them for position.

[@jackrobinson6602]

He was pretty poor this weekend for his standards

[@Symhon]

It was one of those races where you didn't know if you enjoyed it. The race had it moments (6 DNF/Overtakes). Just the thing about not knowing if Perez one was crazy as a fan, but as Perez it might had feel weird. Not knowing if he actually one, FIA strikes again. An eventful race but not a great one in terms of racing.

[@emobassist]

Yeah in fact around lap 30 I dosed off for around 10 laps the last third was pretty good

[@soundscape26]

Other than Max (and only because he was out of position)... and perhaps George, how many drivers made actual passes? It was quite boring tbh

[@sanderdeboer6034]

I do wonder if the fact passing is almost impossible and defending a position is relatively easy, is part of the reason for the success of Perez at tracks like these. Just look at Monaco were he created a train with Sainz, Verstappen and Leclerq behind him.

[@wallymcguire2033]

You still have to do the work to be in front in the first place. You can’t ignore that.

[@Ponchov009]

Yeah of course! When Perez wins is because of the track. Hamilton or Max or Leclerc win they are absolute beasts. Not bias at all 😂

[@rosek7114]

@@Ponchov009 Oh come on. There's absolute truth to that statement. Perez had two wins this year: both on the hardest tracks to overtake. And both where he was lucky that Verstappen's qualifying got messed up. Max and Lewis have had 'countless' of wins on all type of tracks, starting from all kinds of track positions. Can't even compare.

[@Marxamillian]

@@rosek7114 Just say you don't like Checo, no need to grasp at straws to devalue his perforamances.

[@xfreja]

yeah i agree

[@Ahmed.Hadjou]

I love this podcast and I listen to the whole thing most of the time but could you please put timestamps on it? it helps a lot when you wanna start in a specific bit, keep up the great content guys 👍❤️

[@TheCrumb74]

Latifi given grid penalty for Suzuka. So P20 plus five equals P20. 👀

[@Ivovify]

Will be his excuse when he qualifies last again 😁 That it would be no use to qualify higher because of the penalty.

[@jeroenbons637]

OK, before you start moaning about the BIG mistakes Ham and Ver made -- I want to point out the difference between those 2. Ham started in 3rd and Ver started in 8th…Ham finished in 9th and Ver in 7th. There were 16 overtakes, 1 by Ham and 10 by Ver which included the jewel in the crown””””

[@pelossus]

I've had this week's fan jingle stuck in my head for an hour

[@nicoleable1000]

Yes Katy!! lol I am with you for that A star for Daniel ❤❤

[@Rodejong]

Rain in Brazil 2016 still was the most exciting for me.

[@sandyruitenberg2928]

I have an ear infection and looked forward to this podcast the whole day! I live on painkillers and just needed to see my favorite podcast! Thank you, better later on the day than never!

[@denblaflamman5017]

Get well soon!

[@sandyruitenberg2928]

@@denblaflamman5017 thank you :)

[@alphatoro7589]

how are you giving sainz a C finishing 3rd from 4th and Leclerc an A finishing 2nd from pole

[@TheUSDebt]

Because as you stated, Leclerc beat Sainz and not by a small margin. Sainz pace was clearly significantly worse than Lecrerc. But C may be harsh

[@panther9594]

Sainz was horrible this Sunday, he came third but even with 2 full safety cars he finished way behind lecrec

[@alphatoro7589]

still, sainz did not make any mistakes at all. not the best pace in hard conditions and still hold on to 3rd place after a great start. Leclerc had an horrible start which pretty much cost him the whole race. In my opinion a B for both should be fair

[@panther9594]

@@alphatoro7589 the main reason is he being much slower than lecrec the whole race , lecrec put on pole that's a plus point though he lost the lead and did make mistakes he still kept a decent gap to Perez and his mistakes didnt crash him or such like that

[@lewisroach8723]

ok, is this video going to get chapters so I could just see what topics are being discussed in what part of the video?

[@formulah113]

It's easier to lead a race in the rain on a slick wet track then it is on the dry track. He doesn't have to worry about nailing all of his breaking points because the guy behind him can't leave the racing line to pass. Louis Hamilton proved that period

[@xfreja]

yep, i believe charles definitely would’ve won if he had a better start too. it’s a shame things didn’t work out like that though 😪

[@CTRLerSupport]

My favourite jingle yet! Well done Peppa!

[@victorvic4659]

I really hope Checo will win in Mexico. Would be awesome

[@mangofruit8984]

That would be just absolutely amazing.

[@vrajpatel2763]

Tht would be amazing but don't forget max is master in Mexico it will be max out of position or dnf for him to win on true pace it will be impossible

[@Progcross98]

If Max wins the championship in Suzuka they should prioritize a Checo win in Mexico, just for the fun of it

[@vrajpatel2763]

@@Progcross98 but who will stop max nt all weekend will be Singapore

[@victorvic4659]

@@vrajpatel2763 if max clinch the title until Mexico(what he probably will do),he and whole squad will work on Cheko to win.

[@christiandenbutter5597]

Max doesn't deserve a D, like sure it wasn't his best race of the year. But if you look at just how many l people he passed and how many places he made up after dropping to like 13th off the line, fighting his way to 5th behind Lando, dropping to last, then fighting back up to 7th deserves more than a D. Especially if you look at why he was in 8th to begin and he probably would have been on pole if it wasn't for Red Bull messing up during Q3

[@argantosnl]

D is to low, he made 2 mistakes in the race, starting with the wrong engine mode and the slide past norris. C or B would be more fair.

[@JWF111]

How can you give Verstappen the same grade as Hamilton? Max didnt crash and was screwed by his team with qualifying.

[@vrajpatel2763]

Yes Lewis was in barrier nd gone wide defending

[@MajieB]

Dont forget he dropped from third to 9th. Max had a bad race but Hamilton was def worse then him.

[@TheUSDebt]

Max had a horrible start and locked up overtaking Norris. His team made a mistake but Max made several too

[@JWF111]

@@TheUSDebt Start was wrong engine mode. I don't know if the team does that or the driver..

[@TheUSDebt]

@@JWF111 driver, team should probably notice but driver has to select it

[@Ramcio]

F1 needs to take a look at WEC for safety cars and VSC. WEC has put many things in place to make sure the entire point of yellow flags or safety cars is safety comes first. Formula 1 however, all teams see safety cars as a chance to gain massive advantages on other teams.

[@rockytalkndawoods3057]

Mates, give the podcast a listen on a podcast app. Not that they are ugly or anything. KZbin has too many commercials at the worst times. My favorite F1 show!!

[@tubadude07]

That synchronised wave from Tom and Katy 👌🏽👌🏽

[@soundscape26]

Now that you mention it... perfection.

[@DjFreakofNature1]

Is the solution to hard to overtake tracks softer compound tires? Makes its more of a tactics race because they need more stops, and its should make the races more interesting because of faster laptimes?

[@parisaf6]

25:32 finally, someone is talking about this!

[@sandyruitenberg2928]

The only thing that sometimes happens with football is that they elevate a yellow or red card from a player. But the result of the game still stays the same. Which might be a bit mire difficult in f1 since it is also an individual sport and elevating a 5 second penalty will change the end result. Still they should decide quicker what the penalty is, and off course sometimes it is a hit or a miss, but then drivers can also react to it.

[@Stickies72]

Matt and Tom A* for the wearing merch, Katy Sorry dear you get a B for merch failure. Great show as always, you 3 are the best Formula news and review out there. A lot of other channels rely on clickbait and are frustrating to watch, but with you guys never disappointed!!!

[@drimachuck]

>"at least you weren't sat in the grandstands in Singapore" >me, in the walkabout viewing area, unable to go take shelter because I didn't have a numbered seat unlike those in the grandstands :)

[@3namesjames]

There was definitely a line about Max's eyes through the visor

[@joyl7842]

Full wet will still be needed in weather like Brazil 2016. It wasn't nearly that wet in Singapore this time. It probably doesn't work in Singapore because of the number of slow corners, which prevents the tyres from properly heating up.

[@jeroenbons637]

ABCDEF..??? Max made 10 passes including the most beautiful one, he climbed the grid twice, finished 2 places higher than he started, and you gave him a D???

[@PulsingKrugotvoid]

This was better than 2020 imo. I mean yeah he won in a racing point and it was a shock. But this was checo in complete control the entire race. No misfortune for others, no lucky safety cars to mix up tyres. Just checo dominating. Sure 2020 was more exciting but this was easily his best performance

[@u2zero2u]

I wonder if a time limit for push for pass, like in Indy Car, would make races more interesting in F1.

[@scuderiajoe]

Congrats to Checo!!

[@joeking88]

I never really understand how rain has become such a massive issue over the last couple of years. I remember 10 years ago where they would be driving in very heavy rain and getting around the track fine.

[@devashishrakshit1]

The reason why the stewards decided Checo's penalty after the race was because it was a tough and wet race. In these tricky and risky scenarios, the stewards have been known to take that into account. So it probably made sense to talk to the driver after a race, especially after the decision is to overturn a win of all things.

[@Airwolf-lm9cm]

Was it Singapur a couple of years back where they were driving legit 10 seconds slower then quali pace at the beginning? (Without rain) And you just wandered what on earth they were doing because surely you could just put the hammer down and have a free pitstop in 4 laps max.

[@epicshelterstudio2986]

I love the jingle . It was great

[@cybrpypr]

We saw Max's eyes on the formation lap.

[@bynahelemaal]

Gonna say it, perhaps it isn’t the car that is that hard on tires as much as it charles not being able to manage them! Leclerc was faster than checo, but in the end before he got in drs he had already killed his tires and then when he actually had drs, bc of the dead tires, he kept locking up and missing apexes and checo was able to pull off slowly even though he too had locked up…

[@shepple]

Good to see

[@mmoolloo]

I've seen plenty of people say that the FIA statement contradicted itself. I first saw it from non-native English speakers, so I chalked it up to a translation/reading comprehension error. Why is it so difficult to understand? The document says: "Although the track was wet in parts, we do not accept that the conditions were such as to make it impossible or dangerous for PER to have maintained the required less than 10 car length gap. Nevertheless, we took into account the wet conditions and the difficulties highlighted by PER as mitigatory circumstances for this incident and, accordingly, determine that a reprimand ought to be imposed." In other words: It was possible and it would not have been reckless to keep the mandated distance, but taking into account the conditions, the infraction wasn't that severe. Now, I'm not saying the FIA didn't fuck this situation up, but the statement does not contain a logical contradiction.

[@FormulaMarius]

@WTF1 Matts prediction with the "It´s so cool to see the drivers eyes " was right ... at least at the German TV it was mentioned nearly every Session so maybe its a point ;)

[@nicksurface3513]

37:25 EXACTLY. Thank-you.

[@jorgemartinchampion2024]

VAMOS CHECO THATS WHAT I WANTED TO SEE love checo since his McLaren days I'm so happy his in that redbull seat

[@captainredshirt1346]

Sascha Rost from german Skysport said the thing about the eys so many times, so does internationaly count?

[@crl1089]

I think there's a distinction between wet races when it is raining, and races where the track is wet. A drying track causes the dull, one line racing. They just never seem to race when it is actually raining anymore. Always inters, never wets.

[@171yash]

Japanese GP will be at 10.30 where i live. I don't usually wake up by this time on Sundays and in the time i have watched F1, this is the only race i tend to miss almost every single time. I even used to watch Australian GP live, though it starts at 5.30 in the morning just cuz it was the first race of the season but missed this year.

[@171yash]

Must be tough then. Almost every single race weekend in the morning. For me almost every race is at 18.30 so I only have time issues for these two only. I like to stay awake till late night for US and Canadian GPs especially even though it is a Monday and workday for me come morning. They end at 2.30 am.

[@lukemontgomery1774]

It's just like the F1 games where you run wide 3 times before you get a penalty lol

[@stripe489]

Re: seeing the drivers eyes. Buxton definitely mentioned it on the F1 TV commentary

[@OFairLind]

In my opinion there should be a clear cut rule that a decision needs to be made before the end of the race. Unless it’s happened in the last 5 laps. And if no decision is made at the end of the race, the results stay as they are.

[@Gopher31]

In Sakhir 2020 he was also without contract and he finally got the win. The strong behind it makes Sakhir 2020 his best win.

[@jeroenbons637]

16 overtakes! 10 by Verstappen. Mattew did not see any passes.???

[@SpeedyCM]

Verstappen must have been involved in most overtakes then as he was overtaken 3 or 4 times at the start and again by Ricciardo and arguably Norris when he locked up.

[@STF190]

1:21:59 great analysis

[@vgrin7307]

1:11:49 Idk if this counts but on German Sky they definitely mentioned the thing with seeing the eyes!!

[@gmarz9611]

Sorry also, Mick vs KMag. How can you give them both a D. KMag qualified well then was abysmal. Mick was up in the points, and got jumped by people due to the SC. He raced a blinder, kept Russell in the Merc behind, then got taken out by george being careless and was very unlucky, but not due to his driving.

[@TheCrumb74]

Exactly, Kev still hasn’t learned that the race is longer than one lap.

[@Airwolf-lm9cm]

After his great results at the beginning of the season Kmag has not been that great. Mick has outperformed him pretty consistently but keeps getting f-ed by his team or outside influences.

[@Tooms100]

@@davidbrown8517 you must be blind mate

[@gmarz9611]

@@davidbrown8517 I assume you are being sarcastic? Generally the car driving into another car is at fault, and everyone saw George turn into Mick

[@Itbebobby]

From 5am in the morning to 22:00pm gotta love F1

[@hisham_hm]

Matt messed up Katy's neck game with that off-beat intro

[@Tuvok_Shakur]

suzuka starts at midnight here in the US east time zone... I'm used to 8-9 am races

[@SpeedyCM]

That's the usual start time here in Australia for all the European races around 11pm-12am, and even Singapore ended up being a 12am start.

[@Tuvok_Shakur]

@@SpeedyCM I wouldn't like that very much but it's not too bad unless you have to work on Sunday morning or don't like staying up. I feel sorry for my fellow countrymen on the west coast who have to put up with consistent 5-6 am start times lol

[@SpeedyCM]

@@Tuvok_Shakur That's 11pm-12am Sunday night so yeah most people are working on Monday morning. The US, Mexico and Brazil GP's usually start around the 4-7am time range on Monday morning, so again most people down here don't get to watch them live.

[@Tuvok_Shakur]

@@SpeedyCM Oh wow, I thought that meant Saturday night. That actually really sucks for you guys

[@placeholder2924]

37:39 I disagree. Considering the humidity, putting them out on full wets on a track like singapore would be a death sentence for every driver. The spray would remain in the air and make it virtually impossible to see. Drivers had explained this after the race that in the first laps, visibility was terrible. And that was in conditions after they let it dry a little. But none of the onboard cameras do it justice how bad visibility was. Edit: 40:07 thanks Katy

[@av1nash234]

So you just forget in queli verstappen would be almost a second faster then everyone if he finished the lap?? even the lap before final lap was much faster then p1.

[@proffesionalretard]

48:02 it helped Aston in terms of strolls result but Vettel lost out so the net gain was perhaps 2 points

[@randomidiot6278]

The process of talking to the team and the driver is because there might be something like a temp issue that raises a safety issue in which case he’s allowed to go more than 10 lengths. I agree that they could just ask the team but then the driver needs to asked if there were other incidents that have caused him to not be within the limit.

[@gizzardfan7349]

Make fun of Vegas and Miami GP more. thanks from the states!

[@James-gx9gn]

Can't give Shumacher a D when he was running in the points before Russell tried his best Bottas 2021 Hungary impression

[@mansoortahir8317]

Finally waiting for hiurs

[@the_dunamis]

Maybe they could make the inters wear faster to have more pitstops during races like this. Or maybe another tire between inters and slicks.

[@Kraiden85]

Just realized the podcast video blends in with the dark theme of youtube.

[@pawelkorpal8596]

Mercedes needed to pit Russell extra 2 times for Checo to win in Sakhir. He did a fantastic job then but I think he did better here. And Sakhir outer track seems a bit straight forward and this is a city track in very tricky conditions.

[@avina95]

George needs an F from you guys and the fans

[@DamienE11]

Suzuka is doubly brilliant for us Aussies because we can watch it straight after Bathurst finishes! Best motorsport day of the year!

[@syndicategaming1668]

The GP will start at 8 am here which is perfect if you ask me. A whole day ahead of me after I’m done watching it

[@Chyeahokay]

That was the best jingle we have ever heard

[@xfreja]

19:19 deadassssss 💀

[@DawidSikora]

Ricciardo went from P16 to P5 but from those that started before him Zhou, Alonso and Tsunoda - all DNFed, Verstappen and Hamilton went out of road, Russell used about 15 different tyres, Schumacher who got Russeled and Magnussen who Mangnussed himself. This is 9 out of 11 places he'd gain without doing anything. The only other two who finished behind him and started before are both Aston Martins and that's it

[@supergaga1712]

The disrespect to Ric is out of this world